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THE HUMBUGS 

NIAGARA FALLS 



(^fVL^GARA FALLS has been noted 
'^nl for its Humbugs as far back as the 
^^!!_;' days of " Sam Patch ". For when 
according to announcement the day hud arrived 
for him to make his great leap from a scaffold 
placed at the foot of Goat Island, into the boil- 
ing waters below the Falls and the expectant 
crowd had asse nbled they were coolly inlormed 
that "Sam" had broken his leg and consequent- 
ly would be unable to jump until the next day. 
The people forgot their disappointment out of 
pure sympath}^ for "Sam's" misfortune, and re- 
mained all night at the hotels aiid boarding 
houses, and only became conscious of the du- 
plicity practiced upon them when their bills 
were presented next morning, too late for mater- 
ial service. Those who remained and those 
who arrived the next day were surprised to see 
**Sam" walking without crutches, and also 
making his fearful leap into the gorge below. 
The most miraculous healing of a broken limb 
on record! 

At other times flaming announcements are 
sent out over all the countr}^ that a boat con- 



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taining bears and otiier animals would be sent 
down the river, and thousands would come to 
witness the fearful plunge over the Falls, only 
to behold an old scow lodge in the shallow rap- 
ids above the Falls, or the broken splinters of 
the old tub dash through the foaming waters 
and disappear over the precipice. A ''Buffalo 
Hunt" is announced, real wild buffaloes from 
the Western plains are to be turned loose in a 
large ench sure, and Buffalo Bill, assisted by a 
company o' plainsmen from the far-west, are to 
delineate the excitement of a real Buffalo hunt. 
The crowd assemble to witness a great treat of 
a most exciting kind only to see a couple of old, 
decrepit buffaloes from the Museum Gardens 
lazily feeding on the green pastures of the old 
Drummondville race course and Buffalo Bill 
and his braves decked in gay trappings riding 
about the course. Several attempts are made 
to excite the buffaloes into a run; but all the 
flogging, clubbing and prodding fail to devel- 
op a speed in the monarchs of the prairie above 
a trot. Finally the "brave hunters" turn their 
attention to a few Texan steers, which had been 
secured from a passing train for the occasion, 
and after a great effort actually succeeded in 
getting them to run from their pursuers. 

Thus it has ever been, and in proportion as 
stately hotels have arisen from the modest log 
or frame houses of the early days, so humbug- 
ism has increased. Swindling has become 
more systematic than in former days, and the 
public will be surprised when they find who 
are connected with it. It is graduallj^ driving 
visitors from the place, and has given Niagara 
Falls a name wot to be coveted by the poorest 



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hamlet in Christendom. For instance, a gen. 
tleman arrives at Niagaja Falls and puts up at 
one of the principal hotels and depends upon 
his Host for directions in visiting the various 
points of interest in the vicinity. He naturally 
expects reliable information, but the chances 
are he will be deceived. It may be and often is 
the case, that some one in connection with the 
hotel is connected with one or more of the 
points of interest on either or both sides of the 
river. He goes to the office and asks for infor- 
mation concerning the points of interest, and 
there, only such points as are in the interest of 
the hotel or of those connicted with the hotel, 
are pointed out to him as points of interest vis- 
ited by the great multitude, while all other 
points are represented as not being worth the 
time go and see. 

Inmiediately he is put into a hack, the driver 
mounts his seat, and the individual has really 
commenced his sight-seeing. The driver who 
knows his business as well as the pedagogue 
knows his multiplication table, plies his victim, 
no, not his victim, but the victim of mine host, 
with marvellous narrations of the events and 
occurrences that have taken place at those 
points which they intend visiting, thus drawing 
the man's mind away from other points that 
the driver knows he dare not drive toon p;iin of 
INSTANT DISMISSAL. Should the gentleman 
mention any other point, he is promptly dis- 
couraged, is told that the place is not worth 
seeine: or that it is not safe to visit, and should 
he still insist upon going, the driver would be 
compelled, point blank, to refuse to take him, 
and should the party yet persist in going he 



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would have to walk or procure another hack. 

For the purpose of illustrating this fact, we 
will give a single instance: Some time in Sep- 
tember, i8h2, there was a Druggists' Conven- 
tion held at Niagara Falls N. Y., the delegates 
putting up at one of the principal hotels, and 
during their stay wished to visit the Whirlpool 
and Whirlpool Rapids on the American side; to 
their astonishment, when they wished to be 
driven to those places, the hackmen connected 
with the hutel refused to take them, and they 
were compelled to employ other hackmen to 
drive themvvhere they desired to go. 

Sometimes a contract is entered into between 
the manager of some point or points of interest 
and the proprietor of a hotel, in which he agrees 
for a certain amount of money to drive as many 
of the guests of the hotel as possible to the 
particular point or points, as the case may be. 
In such a case the driver is in danger of losing 
his position if he does not go there. 

A certain driver was reprimanded for not 
driving into Prospect Park as often as he should 
have done for the interest of his employer, so 
when the next man entered his hack and asked 
where he was going to take him he was answer- 
ed, "Into Prospect Park, sir." '-But I do not 
want to go there," said the stranger. "I will 
Lake you there whether you want to go or not, 
sir," said the driver, and he did take him there. 
By this private arrangement other hackmen are 
not permitted to go on the premises of these 
hotels to solicit, and the stranger is thus left 
at the mercy oT a grinding monopoly "The 
"outside hackmen" as they are called, would 
give their services for much less, are just as 



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obliging and equally as trustworthy as are those 
'"ho are supposed to be in connection with the 
ho el. As to the quf s'lon of safety there is no 
uirference between an ''outside" and an "inside" 
hackman; there is the honorable and dishonor- 
able among both classes. But where imposition 
is attempted the stranger can obtain sure and 
speedy redress by following the instructions 
given in the chapter "How to avoid being hum- 
bugged.'' 



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COMMISSION FRAUDS. 



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HE commission system of doing busi- 
''^J ^ ness is now probably the most 
<^^ fruitful source of complaint at Niag- 
ara. The Falls is a place of magnificent distan- 
ces and strangers are drawn from place to place 
by obliging and condescending hackmen. 
These apparently disinterested and self-sacrific- 
ing individuals are always ready, willing, and 
waiting to advise new-comers upon any subject 
pertaining to the locality. It is natural that 
strangers should fall into their hands. It is 
their business to deal with strangers in this par- 
ticular. 

They pay for the privilege of doing so. They 
are protected by the by-laws and ordinances of 
the municipalities on both sides of the river in 
the plying of their vocation. Strangers un- 
acquaint /(I with the neighborhood, are compell- 
ed to ask ftr direction, and nothing can be 
more natural than they should seek information 
from those commissioned to give it, and who 
are most accessible and most willing to comply 



with their requests. In the very nature of 
things this must continue to be so whilt the 
transportation business of the neighborhood is 
in the hands of the Hack Fraternity. Now, 
hackmen, Hke other people, work for money, 
and while they appear to talk in the interest of 
the stranger applying to them for information 
they have their principal eye on their own inter- 
ests and only recommend such movements as 
will result in turning them an "honest penny." 
Hackmen look upon strangers only as so much 
stock in trade, and as soon as thay have piade 
out of them the last margin of profit they want 
to see them no more. It is a fact that at near- 
ly all points of interest about Niagara FalU*, 
hack;iien get a commission from the keeo^rs 
of the points for bringing strangers to them. 
The fraud is in this; A stranger paying 50 
cents for the privilege of visiting a point of in- 
terest, possibly feels that he has received the 
worth of his money and has no thought that a 
fraud has been practiced upon him. The frand 
is perpetrated all the same. The keeper of the 
point demands the 50 cents ostensibly for the 
privilege while the fact is, the keeper is demand 
ing 25 cents for the privilege of seeing the 
point, and 25 cents to pay the hackman for 
bringing the victim there. The 50 cents is 
obtained by falsely pretending that it is wholly 
for the privilege of viewing the point of inter- 
est, when the fact is one hall of it is demanded 
for the hackman and is handed to him as 
soon as the stranger's back is turned. 

The following tiiule shows the prices charged 
for admission to the points of interest about Ni- 
ao-ara Falls, and the manner in which th- 



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charges collected are divided between the keep- 
ers of the points and the hackmen: 

CANADA SIDE. 

POINTS OF AMOUNT AMOUNT PAID TO 

INTEREST. CHARGED. HACKMEN. 

Whirlpool ' $0.50 $0.25 

Whirlpool Kapids 50 25 

Museum 50 25 

Unrler sheet of water at 

Table Rock 1.00 50 

Burning Sprnig 50 25 

Crossing Upper Suspen- 
sion Bridge on foot. . . 25 00 

Two horse Carriage .... 50 00 

One horse Carriage 37^ 00 

AMERICAN SIDE. 

Prospect Park and In- 

clined Hailwav 50 '3o^ ^ 

Shadow of the Rock.. . . 1 00 50 

Goat Island 5^^ 00 

Cave of the Wirds 1.00 50 

Whirlpool Rapids 50 25 

Whirlpool r.O 25 

At nearly all of these points of interest there 
are fancy goods stores and an army of persist- 
saleswomen. Of all the money invested m 
articles there offered for sale the accompanying 
hackman gets 25 percent as his commission for 
furnishing the customer. In addition to the 
commissions paid, keepers of points of interest 
in many cases subsidize Hack Associations with 
large bonuses and individual hackmen with ex- 
travagant presents. In return for the commis- 
sions, and the subsidies and the presents, the 
hackmen talk strangers into "taking in" the 
points from which they derive their commis- 
sions, subsidies and presents. Some hackmen 



are subsidized by one point and some by an- 
other. In all this the stranger is the victim. It 
is he that furnishes the capital to run Niagara 
and to run it, too, with all the peculiarities that 
characterize the place. 

Now what is the remedy ? I& it possible to 
avoid the impositions ? When people come to 
Niagara their object is to see the Falls. They 
possibly don't know anything about the Devil's 
Hole or most of the other outlying points of inter 
est so extent ively extolled by the generous Cabby 
As soon, however, as they i;et seated in a con- 
veyance they are driven to the point farthest 
from the Falls — a point on all occasions where 
commission is paid. This. seen another is vis- 
ited, and then another, and last of all the object 
of the visit, a view of the Falls. On the Canada 
side this is free consequently commissionless, 
hence it is quite apparent why the hackmen 
should take his party last ot all to the point he 
most desi.ed to visit. One remedy would be 
for strangers to refuse to be drawn to any point 
or place where commissions are paid to hack- 
men. This wo'dd have a tendency to d© away 
with the commission S3'stem and necessarily 
render hackmen a degree more disinterested, 
and possibly a degree more honest in their rep- 
resentations to strangers. 

Another course, but somewhat more compli- 
cated would, in a measure accomplish the 
desired resu-t. Let the stranger in bargaining 
with his hackman, arrange before starting upon 
a round ol siy ht-seeing, that the hackman is to be 
satisfied v.ith the fee agreed upon alone, for 
the drive, and that the stranger is to receive all 
"Commissions" paid at the different points. 



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Take an example, and see how the parties in- 
terested will stand at the end of the trip. A 
party of four engage ii hack to go to all the 
points of interest for $5. The first point visited 
say, is goat Island. Nowth.^ party visiting pays 
$2. No commission m paid. Tiie hackman 
would under ordinary circumstances sj;et nothing 
and the party according- to the arrangement 
made gets notliing back. While upon the 
Island they take in the Cave of the Winds. 
There they pay§i each, and by the terms of 
their agreement each gets back 50 cents. They 
next goto Prospect Park, they pay 5o cents each 
and each get back 25 cents commission. They 
next visit the Whirlpool Rapids on the Ameri- 
can side and pay 50 cents each, receiving back 
25 cents each. They then cross the lower 
bridge, and pay in the shape of bridge toll $1.50 
of which nothing is received in retura. They 
then take in Whirlpool Rapids on the Canadian 
side and the Whirlpool paying $1 each, for the 
two, and receive back as commission 50 cents, 
each. The museum, and the Burning Springs 
enfcail another dollar outlay, and adds 50 cents 
to the receipts of each on commission account. 
They now return to the American side by the 
upper bridge paying $1.50 for fcivat privilege, 
out of which they get no return. Let us see 
now how the account standi. 

Paid for back hire $!5.00 

Paid at (joat Island 2.00 

Paid at Cave of the Winds . . 4.00 

Eeceived in return $2.00 ...... 

Paid at Prospect Park 2.00 

Received in return 1.00 , 

Paid at Whirlpool Rapids, 

(American side) 2.00 



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Keceived in return 1.00 

Paid at Lower Bridge 1.50 

Paid at Whirlpool Eapids 

(Canada side) 2.00 

Received in return 1.00 

Paid at Whirlpool 2.00 

Received in return 1.0 ) 

V Paid at Burning Springs 2.00 

Received in return 1.00 

Paid at Museum 2.00 

Received in return 1.00 

Paid for crossing Up. Bridge 1.50 

Toll, stone road, Canada side 0.10 

^8.00 ^-26.10 

By this arrangement the party has the use of 
the hack for nothing and 75 cis each to the 
good; have practically paid half rates for visiting 
all the points. By this example it will be read- 
ily seen that the amount paid to hackmen, as 
hack hire direct, is only a small part of their 
gains, The driver, in this case, without the 
special arrangement spoken of, could have well 
afforded to drive the pariy for nothing, relying 
upon the commission for nis rejnuneration. 

The following case came under the observa- 
ticn of the writer in the summer of 1882, and 
only illustrates the rule at Niagara Falls. A 
party of six gentlemen, out for a drive, engaged 
a hackman for six dollars to take them to the 
principal points of interest. They took in every- 
thing recommended by the generous driver, and 
the trip cost them for tolls Iss-oo out of which 
the driver pocketed $12.00 as his share of the 
spoils, thus netting by the transactioi-i $18.00 
and was ready for a like trip in the afternoon. 
When they landed, the young gentlemen not 
knowing that the driver had pocketed about 
half the amount they had paid, handed him a 



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further tip of 25 cents each, in consideration of 
the good-natured amusement he had aftoided 
them durino^the engagement. Is there no fraud 
in this ? Would these young gentlemen have 
dealt with the driver upon such terms had they 
been aware of the real facts ? They were paying 
him as they supposed for his services in the $6. 
They were not aware that they had paid him 
twice over that in another way before their 
journey ended. The hackmen alone could not 
thus prey upon the travelling public ; but the 
combination that exists between them and the 
dealers on every hand, is such that the stranger 
unassisted is not able to contend with, ^he fol- 
lowing case also, came within the writer's ob- 
servation during the summer of 1882. A hack- 
man got a party of six ladies into his carriage, 
at the Great Western Railway Station, to be 
taken to the Falls, for 10 cents each. When he 
got to the Falls he said to the ladies "you may 
as well sit still and go on up to the Burning 
Springs, it won't cost you any more.'' After 
some solicitation the ladies accepted the hack- 
man's apparently generous offer, and were 
driven to the place indicated. All went well un- 
til they were to lea\e, when they were met with 
a demand for ^3. 00, and despite all their protes- 
tations the money had to be paid. Out of this 
plunder the hackman got ^1.50. This is only a 
further example of the rule at Niagara Falls.' 
The travelling public have the remedy in their 
hands. Will they ever apply it, or will they go 
on as they have for the last thirty years, submit- 
ting to the impositions practiced, and leaving 
the place with anything but pleasant memories? 
The authorities in the nei-ihborhood of the Falls 



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will never remedy the grievances. They are 
too much in the power of those who profit by the 
peculiar system coir plained of. A free park 
and a street railroad on both sides of the river 
would do much to bring back to this m\ich per- 
secuted locality the ^ood name that now seems 
permantly lost to it. This, like any other re- 
form at Niagara, must come from without the 
limits of the area given over to the peculiar 
commercial morality that characterizes the 
place. Wiihout the park there is no hope for 
reformation. With it a new system may be in- 
augurated and better days dawn upon the neigh- 
boriiotd. 



HAOKMEN'S TRICKS. 

ItWHERE is probably no place in the 
JJ world where there are so many oppor- 
<f^ tunities for committing frauds and 
impositions as at this point. It would seem 
almost incredible that these fraud should 
continue to be repeated when all the world 
has been warned through the press against 
them. The very geography of the locality, the 
circumstances peculiar to the place, and the ex- 
igencies of the business people themselves tend 
to place strangers at the mercy of any who may 
desire to take advantage of them. 

The Grand Trunk, (formerly the Great West- 
ern,) and the Erie Railways connect at Niagara 
Falls, Canada side. People going east by the 
Erie leave the Grand Trunk Railway at this 
point, and passing through the station, get into 
the Erie train. The following is one of the 
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tricks that have been played upon people chang- 
ing cars here:(A stranger came out through the 
station and enquired of the first person he met 
(who by the way was a hnckman) for the Erie 
train. The hackman seeing that the stranger 
was not posted said to him: "Get right inti> my 
hack and I will take you to the station. You 
have not a moment to spare— It will cost you 
three dollars." The stranger not being aware 
that he was then standing within a few feet of 
the very train he was enquiring for, and fearful 
of being late, acted upon the hackman's sugges- 
tion, who deliberately then drove the stranger 
away from the train he should have taken, 
across tlie Suspension Bridge, where he had to 
pay a further charge of 75 cents bridge toll, to 
the Erie station on the American side. 

Could heartless imposition be more flagrant ! 

A favorite trick of the lower grade of hack- 
men is to bring their patrons to the train they 
wish to go by just about the time the tram is to 
start, and then demand from them probably 
double the amount agreed upon, threatening the 
interference of the police if the demand is not 
satisfied. In nine cases out of ten the stranger 
pays through fear of being detained. 
r Another trick is to keep whatever bills may 
DC handed them under these circumstances, in 
payment of the fare refusing to hand back the 
change. They know that in a few minutes the 
stranger will be gone and there is an end to 
the contention. 

Parties to leave by train in this way are call 
ed in hackmen's vernacular "train parties;" and 
a hackman has a peculiar knack of finding out 
what disposition his parrons are about to make 



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of themselves. A hackman seeing a strano:er 
walking along the bank towards the Falls will 
drive near him and say "Going up to the 
Falls? The stranger sa3's "yes.'' The hack- 
man says "Get in, I'm going right up ; it won't 
cost yOM anything." The stranger gets in and 
is driven to the Falls. Here he is entreated by 
a bevy of guides and runners to i;o under the 
sheet of water. 

He consents, and for this disinterested act cS 
kindness (?) he pays one dollar, fifty cents as 
commission to a person he never saw before 
and by whom he hopes never to be recognized 
again. And should the stranger happen to buy 
a quantity of fancy goods, or get his picture tak- 
en, the hackman gets his fee out of that also. 
Another trick is, if parties wish to go to the 
Whirlpool, the driver will be sure to drive to 
the Whirlpool Rapids first, and then, after they 
have paid their fifty cents, he will tell them that 
the Whirlpool is farther down the river. Or, if a 
party has a ticket for a certain point of interest 
they will *be driven to some other place, which 
they suppose is the point for which their ticket 
calls, and are passed right through, but when 
they return they are compelled to pay fifty cents 
each. After this fleecing, if they are not too 
angry, and have time, they can go to the point 
for which they hold a ticket. Strangers are led 
to believe, by evasion and deceit on the part of 
some of the hackmen, that certain points of in- 
terest are free, when it is well know to the hack- 
man that a fee is charged. The perpetration of 
this imposition is facilitated by the mana- ; 
gers of the points referred to. The matter of | 
charge is not mentioned as the party passes in, j 



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but the demand is made when they are about to 
leave. In many cases the party would not 
have visited the place at all if they had known 
that a charge would have been made, and par- 
ticularly if they had known the amount charged. 
In all such cases the hackman gets his share of 
the money paid. It is this hope of reward that 
prompts him to delude and overreach the 
stranger. Practically the hackmen control all 
the lines of business peculiar to this locality. 
Whom they favor will succeed. Whom tluy 
desire lo crush must come to grief. if in their 
dreadful might they set their face against a bus- 
iness man, the grass will grow at his thicshoLl 
before a season passes. Therefore sirani^cis 
would du well to goto no point of inttrctt where 
hackmen get a commission, and mtc> no tancy 
goods stfre where hackmen, or clerks, or port- 
ers importune them to go. At all such p'aces 
the parties importuning get a commission on 
the amount sold, and the stranger is charged 
that much extra for what he buys. 



HACKMEN NOT ALONE BAD 

HUS we see that the hackmen are not 
the only ones at Niagara Falls that 
take advantage of the stranger. No 
sooner does a stranger appear who caiUH t pro- 
nounce the local "shibboleth" than all kinds of 
goods advance to three or four times their usual 
price. Cigars that cost a cent and a half each 
are sold for twenty cents. Lager beer goes up 
to ten cents a glass ; pop the same, and every- 
thing else in proportion. Ornaments that come 



from England are sold to the stranger as Table 
Rock ornaments, and fabulous stories aie tolcl 
of the difficulty experienced in procuring them. 
It is a wonder that some of the spokes of the 
'bus that went down with Table Rock are not 
for sale in some of the shops ? 

We find that there are some hackmen just as 
honest aud upright in their vocation as other 
men are in their business. They try to make 
all they can ; yet they do not deceive their par- 
ties, but tel. them frankly what is charged at 
the various points of interest, and endeavor to 
give them reliable information. It is true that 
they also receive the commission, but as many 
of them receive but a few paltry dollars per 
month as wages, they are compelled to take the 
commission in order to support themselves and 
family^ If owners of hacks would pay their 
drivers reasonable wages for their services very 
much of the fraud now practiced by ihem would 
disappear. 



The ExDerience of JohnLauderbauch. 

o:c::o 

^^(^(^^ELL, Air. Lauderbauch, I hear 
CJivfilpl that you have been to Niagara 
v_iN.i^O' p^iis ^T^^ iiad a very good 

time. Will you please tell us all about it ?" 

"Veil, mine friendt, it vas youst like dis. Mine 
frau Petsey, she say to me, Shon, you has vork- 
ed hard all der summer und der best is for you 
to shust shtop a leetle und rest mit yourself a 
vile." 
"Veil,'' I say to mine Fetsey, "veil, Petsey, vot 



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I shall do mit myself?" "Veil/' says Petsey, 
" you go one ov dem excursions mit to der Falls 
und have vone goot dimes, und bring me vone 
new dress vhen you come back mit yourself." 

*'So I vent right avay quick, und got me vone 
of does excursion dickets, und der next morning 
I got der stheam vagon m, und putty soon der 
bell he ring, und den der vagon he sthart off und, 
Shiminy cripes, yo'i ought youst to see how 
dem vences und dem pig stables, und dem hen 
houses und such things did fly py. I daut dot 
efery dings vas alife. Ven ve der Falls am to, 
und der vagon got out, eferypody vas hollering 
youst so loud vat he could, und vhen he say 
•Free buss,' for some davern vot I don't under- 
sthandt. So, says I myself to, 'Shon, dot is der 
blace vor you.' So I got der buss in, und ve 
drove der sthreet drough, und putty quick ve 
come to der davern ven der bus sthopped, und 
I got mit myself out und valked der house in 
und sit down myself. Patty soon a man comes 
und says dot dinner vas ready, did I vant some? 
und I say yes. Und den I got up and vent der 
dable to und sit myself down, und eating com- 
menced. I dook a cup of coffee und I put dree 
sphocnsful ov sugar in, because I daught it 
vould not cost any more ov I put in dree sphoon- 
fulls as vone. I eat a schmall biece of meat, 
und some botaters, und ven I vas done I asked 
der davern-keeper vot it all cost, und he said 
'vone tollar.' So tinks I, by Shiminy, dare bees 
vone tollar gone putty quick. Veil, I says, here 
bees your tollar, und now I bees going to look 
aroundt some. Veil, says der man vhat der 
davern keeps, don't you vant ter ride ? Oh, no, 
1 says, I can aroundt valk. O, no, said der man 



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vhat der davern keeps, dot vill never do; you 
on]}^ go der vorld vonce drous^h, und so may 
youst so goot ride as valk. Veil, I says, how 
mooch it cost ven I ride mit der vagon roundt ? 
O, he say, ve make dot all richt ven you back 
comes. So I say all richt. So I got der vagon 
in, und der man vhat sit on der top of der va^on 
he starts off mit me right avay quick.*' 

"Veil, der first blace vhat ve sthopped at vas 
dot long pridge vhat goes der river ofer, und a 
man comas out und says dot I must give him 
vone tollar p^fore I goes der pridge over. V^ll, I 
gives der maa vone tollar, und den we vent on 
der oder side, und vent der river down dill we 
comes to a blace vhere a man comes und opens 
der vagon door und asks ms to get out. So I sjets 
out und goes der house in vhere every dings 
looks very nice, und vone man he dikes m: u id 
sits ve m a vigon mit a box pelow vaich diy 
full of vater m ike ^ ; und den vhen der box vas 
fuU of vater avay der ding vent, und der firsht 
ding dot I knowed I vas down the river pank, 
vhen a man comes and says dot he musht my 
bicuure dace. Veil, I said, if he musht he 
musht, for I could not help it. So in a leedle 
vhile he .comas und says dot he must h.ive five 
toUars. Und I say for vhat ? Uad he says for 
dem bictures. So I gives him fife toUars for 
dem bictures vhich I hafe not seen ; but der man 
says it bees all right und he vill send me dem 
bictures putty soon right avay quick." 

"So I vent und got in dot vagon again, und a 
poy he comes und pulls der rope vhat makes der 
pell ring for der ding to go, und den he vants 
fifty cents. So I gites dot poy fifty cents, und 
dinks myself dot de money flies avay putty 



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quick. But vhen I got up to der top a^fain I vas 
vorser off as efer, for den der vimen day comes 
und say, puy dis und puy dot for to dake home 
to mine Petsey. So I pought all I could in 
my bockets carry, for vhich I pait ten tollars. 
Den I stharted for der vagon, but von voman she 
say sthop ; you must fifty cents bay. Und I say 
vhat for ? Und she say for riding dot railway 
down vhat mit vater pfoes. So I paid dem fifty 
cents und got der vagon in. Den dar man vhat 
sits on top he drife off putty quick, und vhen he 
sthop again an oder man he opens der vagon 
door und say 'Vhirlpool.' So I gets out ov der 
vagon und I valks quite a long vay vhen I comes 
to a blace vhere der vas some leedle vagons on 
top of some dmgs vhat looked like a rail vence 
tied fasht mit some ropes, apout as pig as der 
lines vat mine Petsey hang her clothes on vhen 
she vashes. I don't vas like der look of dose 
dings, und say to dhis man, vat beesh dey ? 
Vhat vould pecoms ov me ov dem ropes vould 
preak in two pieces ? Veil, der man he only laff 
und say, dot depents vat kind ov a m m you bees. 
Veil, says f, I bees not a very pad man, und so I 
got dot leedle vagon in und dowa I vent putty 
quick. Bat I can dold you, mine frient, dot I 
surely dought I vould go right dot rifer in. So 
In:>t sthay long, but goes pack to der vagon 
right avay quick; und ven I comes dare anudder 
man he say, fifty cents, blease. So I not say 
anydings but gifes him der fifty cents, und 
dought to mineself dot if I did not got horns putty 
quick I vould not hafe monish enough left to 
buy my Petsey a new dress. So I get der vagon 
vone once more in, und der man vhat sits on top 
ov der vagon hs say, ve vill now go und see der 



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dable on der rock, or some dings like dot, urd I 
say all right. Veil, vhen ve comes dare I could 
see no dable, noddings but some rock, so dought 
ve vould go on. But a man he comes und says 
you musht down mit der stairs go. So 1 say all 
right. So he made me put on some close vhat 
looked like some old sturgin skins, und den 
der man he goes down firsht und I go pehind, 
und putty quick ve comes to der blace vhere der 
vater down comss vorser den at old Pill Powers' 
saw mill. So ve not very long sthay, for I could 
noddings but vater see any how. Den, ven I 
back comes d^re vas vone toUar to bay und den 
der man vat with me vent down he vanted a 
tollar for der use of dem old sturgm skin close, 
vhich two tollars make. Und den dere vas 
some more bictures vanted, but I begins to get 
mat, so I dolt dem vellers dot dey musht go 
mitout mine bicture. So I got der vagon once 
more in, und der man vat sits oa top he drifes 
on putty fasht, und der firsht ding vhat I know- 
ed ve comes to a place vhere der vas a leedle 
fire plazing up, und der man vhat vas dare, he 
too vanted a half tollar, und I said for vhat ? 
Vhen he said, for that fire looking at. So I gifes 
him a half tollar, und delled him dot if he vould 
come to see me I vould some prush heaps afire 
make nnd he could see dot for noddings. 

Den I dells der man vhat on top ov der vagon 
sits to drife me pack der pridge over quicker as 
no dime, (or I not vant to see any more of der 
Falls, But der man he say you must Pros^pect 
Park see und some oder place vat dey calls Goat 
Island. But I say it makes me noddings out, I 
did not vant any more goats for to see tor it cost 
too many sthamps. Veil, dot bees all right, so 



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he drives me to der davern back, und der mPtU 
vhat der davern keeps he comes out und sj.ys, 
veil, you hafe had vone good dimes I guess. O, 
putty good, says I. Now, vat you vants for der 
vagon ? Twelve dollars, says der man. But, 
my Shiminy, how dot makes my eyes stick out. 
Und I say to der davern man, vat for so much ? 
Und he say, veil, look here, mine friendt, you 
see der man vot sits on top of der vagon he dells 
you how long der bridge vas over, und dot vas 
vorth vone tollar; den he dells you how high 
der pridge vas down, und dot vas vorth a tollar; 
und den he tells you vhere der man falls der 
pank ofer, und dot vas vone tollar wort ; und he 
exblained about der Maid dot vent der Misr j 
down, und dot vas vorch dree tollars; und den 
der vagon vas vorth six tollars, so dot makes 
der dwelve tollars. Veil, so I baid dem dvvelve 
tollars, und den der davern man say, come, my 
friendt, have a trink mit me. Veil, I says, I 
don't care if I do. So I dook a trink mit 
him, und den I say, now hafe a trink mit me. 
All right, he says, so den ve took anudder trink. 
Den der davern man he say, now, look here, 
my friendt, I have to bay for my trinks youst 
as veil as you do, so now I vill schake der dice 
mit you to see who shall poth trinks bay for. 
S3 I say all right, und vhen ve had schook der 
dice I had poth the trinks to bay for. 

By dis dime I dought all vhat a man had to 
do vhen at der Falls vas youst to give derbeble 
m.mey. So vhen a poy comes up und asks my 
pjots for to shine I say yes, und I gifes him half 
a tollar ; und den anudder poy comes for to help 
him, und he spit on der poots vone or twice, so 
I gifes him half a tollar. Dan one ov dem pig 



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plack fellers vhat come from der Sout, he 
comes und sthands and looks at me avhile, und 
as I hardly knowed if I was in der United States 
or Canada any more, so I gife him half a tollar 
too. 

Und I can dold you py dis dhime my bocket 
pook looks putty slim, so I dake dot free bus 
for der stheam vagon house quicker as no dime, 
und I can dold you dot vhen I got dot stheam 
vagon vonce more in I feel petter as good. But 
vhen I gets home I dells Petsey dot I could 
findt no goot tress for her, und dot she musht 
vait dill ve dis fall our bigs kill. 



A TRAVELLEE'S PRAYER. 



BY JOHN C. SHEA. 



Oh, worderful Nie^gara, amid thy ceaseless roar 

The sou? earth loosed and longing, to heaven would li'-ie to 

soar, 
But viewiue all thy beauties is satisfied to stay 
If you'll send your hackmeu and runners all away. 
Yet it might be best to show them 'mong your other curioua 

things ; 
Let us think of that a moment, for the thought some laughter 

brings. 
You might catalogue them fully, and regain from day to day - 
The quarters that from visitor^? these men have taken away. 
How would it do to place them where the 'Pool' goes round and 

round. 
Mid the roar of rushing waters, sure some solace might be 

found. 
And very soon the tables would be turned on men of sin. 
For they, and not the traveller, would then be taken in. 
But still there is another place their calling seems to suit. 
Where clamors of their voice however loud would soon be mute. 
And the visitor secure at rest, that rest be seldom finds. 
Could smile to see their whips upraised from out the "Cave of 

Winds." 
Another place is left for them ! And ever, ever more 
The wrangling of the hackmen would be hush ad along the 

shore , 
Securely bound and numbered, and the place made free from 

toll- 
Oh, what a place to jam them in would be the "Devil's Ilole." 



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HOW TO SEE NUaARA. FALLS. 



Mt€HE first and great object ot the visitor 

^\ to Niagara is to get a complete view 

(^ of the Falls themselves. We shall 

therefore endeavor, as briefly as possible, to tell 

our readers how to see them. 

The Grand Trunk Railway Station at Niagara 
Falls, Ont., (formerly Clifton,) is about two 
miles from the Falls on the Canada side. Visi- 
tors arriving at this station can engage hacks to 
take them to the Falls, or which is better still, 
if they have the time, they can take the walk 
along the beautiful river bank where a pictur- 
esque scenery is constantly presented to the eye 
until suddenly the Falls themselves burst upon 
the view and they are beheld in all their gran- 
deur, free ol charge. 

A substantial iron fence along the edge of the 
bank was erected during the summer of 1883 by 
the Ontario Government, making this charmmg 
walk perfectly safe ; also a sidewalk extending 
the whole distance to the Falls will be built by 
the town ready for the summer of 1884, which 
will complete what will ever after be the most 
delightful promenade on the continent. 

Passengers coming from the west by the 
Michigan Central (Canada Southern) should 
leave the cars at the Niagara Falls station, 
where a short walk down to the river will bring 
them within full view of the mighty cataract. 

Passengers arriving at Niagara Falls from 
any point on the American side can see the 
Falls from either Prospect Park or Goat Island.) 
^Admission fee to Goat Island is 50 cents. This 



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fee includes the Three Sister Islands, Biddle 
Stairs which leads down to the water's edge 
below the bank, and all the points that can be 
visited from Goat Island, except Cave of the 
Winds. 

The admission to Prospect Park is 25 cents, 
the inclined railway leading down to the water's 
edge below the bank is 25 cents more, and the 
ferry to Canada also 25 cents. But panics 
wishing to go to Canada this way should pur- 
chase their ticket at the gate where 50 cts. will 
procure them a ticket that will admit to the Park 
and secure the use of the inclined railway, fer- 
riage to Canada and return. 

Or they can cross the new Suspension Bridge 
by paying 25 cents each way and 50 cents car- 
riage toll. 

But for those who study economy and wish 
at the same time to get a perfect and full view 
of the wonderful Niagara, the best way is to 
take the street car to Suspension Bridge for 
which the fare is only five cents, see the new 
Cantilever Bridge, then buy a return ticket over 
the Suspension Bridge, which is only 25 cents 
for those who return the same day, then take 
the delightful walk along the river bank on the 
Canada side and view the Falls free of charge. 

Thus we have shown that for those who wish 
and are able to walk, the Falls themselves can 
be seen with little or no expense. Those com- 
ing on the Canadian lines have a free view; 
those on the American side for 30 cents. 

But those who wish to be driven from their 
station to the Falls must of course pay for the 
hack. Should they wish to visit the various 
outlying points of interests in the vicinity, at all 



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of which an admission fee is charged, the bill 
will necessarily be considerably increased. 

TAKE MORE TIME AT NIAGARA 

if you would enjoy your visit and save expense. 
Most people come in on the train and the mo- 
ment they leave the cars commence rushing 
from one point of interest to another without 
any definite idea of where th?y are going, incur 
all the expense in a single day that should be 
distributed over an entire week, and then go 
\ home swearing about the "extortions" of Niag- 
ara. Niagara Falls and the various places of 
interest in the vicinity cannot be seen in a few 
hours. If you would see all, take lodgings at 
a hotel where the fare is suitable to your means, 
and then take time for your sight-seeing. If you 
can afford ilie luxury of a carriage you can be 
accommodated at as low a rate as can be ob- 
tained at any other place on the continent. It 
your means will not afford a carriage, there is 
no reason why you should not adopt the English 
custom and walk. The distance between the 
various points of interest is not great, the walks 
from one place to another are pleasant and safe, 
and the scenery unsurpassed. [See chapters 
on Distances and Admission Fees.] 



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Distances of the Points of Interest 
from the Falls. 



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AMERICAN SIDE. 

OAT Island lies between the Horse- 
shoe and American Falls. 

The Three Sister Islands, Luna Island, Bath 
Island, ^c, all belong to the Goat Island group, 
and are reached only from Goat Island. 

Cave of the Winds is behind the Centre Fall 
and can only be reached from Goat Island. 

The Rock of Ages is the huge rock lying in 
front of the Cave of the Winds. 

Prospect Park occupies all the river front be- 
tween the upper Suspension Bridge and the 
Falls. 

The Shadow of the Rock is behind the sheet 
of water of the American Fall. It is reached by 
the Inclined Railway from Prospect Park. 

The upper Suspension Bridge is about one- 
eighth of a mile below the American Fall. 

The new Cantilever Bridge is about two 
miles below the Falls. 

The Railway Suspension Bridge is only 380 
feet below the Cantilever Bridge, hence two 
miles below the Falls. 

The Whirlpool Rapids is about hall a mile 
below the Railway Suspension Bridge. 

The Whirlpool is about one mile below the 
Railway Suspension Bridge, hence about three 
miles from the Falls. 

The Devil's Hole is about one mile down the 
river from the Whirlpool, but at this date is not 
open for visitors. 



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CAKAI A SIDE. 



The Burning Spnng is about one mile above 
the Falls, at the upper enr] of Clnrk Hill Islands. 

Clark 'Hill Islands are five in number, ex- 
tending from the Falls about one mile up the 
river, lying between the main land and Rapids. 

Falls View is a point nearly in front of Loretto 
Convent on the brow of the hill overlooking the 
Rapids and the Falls, where the Michigan Cen- 
tral trains halt for passengers to view the Falls. 

The Museum is only a few rods from the 
Falls. 

Lundy's Lane Battle Ground is about one and 
one-quarter miles west of the Falls. 

New Suspension Bridge about half a mile 
from the Horseshoe Fall. 

The Cantilever Bridge and Railway Suspen- 
sion Bridge are only 380 feet apart and about 
two miles froir? the Falls. 

Whirlpool Rapids is only about one-eight of 
a mtle below the Railway Suspension Bridge. 

The Whirlpool is about one mile below the 
Railway Suspension Bridge, 

Brock's Monument is at Queenston, about 
seven miles from the Falls. 



DISTANCES OF RAILWAY ^TATKNis FRflJ THE FALLS. 

Michigan Central, Niagara Falls Station, 
Canada side, is one-half mile. 

Grand Trunk, Niagara Falls Station, Canada 
side, about two miles. 

New York Central, Niagara Falls Station, 
American side, about one-quarter mile. 



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Erie, Niri^rara Falls Station, AmeTican side, 
about three-quarters of a mile. 

West Shore, Niagara Palls Station, Ameiican 
side, ab'^ut three-fourths of a mile. 

Lehi;<h Valley, Niagara Falls Station, Ameri- 
can side, about three-fourths of a mile. 

Rome, Watertown and Ogdensburg, Niagarla 
Falls Station, American side, about one-quarter 
of a mi4e. 



THE RAILWAjY SYSTEM AT NIAGARA FALLS. 

All the lines of railway coming to Niagara 
Faits centre at the point where the Railway 
Suspension Bridge and new Cantilever Bridge 
span the river, about two miles below the Falls, 
and about one mile above the Whirlpool. Each 
railway, except the Grand Trunk, has a station 
nearer the Falls, but they all have one also at 
this place, in close proximity to each other. 

IftTt; there is a town on each side of the river 
with stores, post office, express and telegraph 
olHces, and with abundant hotel accommoda- 
tion. The place on the American side is called 
Suspension Bridge, that on the Canadian side 
Niagara Falls, ({formerly Clifton.) 

Visitors should take special notice of this 
fact, as when at this point, on ekher side of the 
river, they are about midway between the dif- 
ferent points of interest, the Whirlpool on the 
one side and the Falls on the other. 

Hi>tel fare here, too, is cheaper than it vs 
nearer the Falls, and the afccommodation equal- 
ly as good. 

In the matter of hack hire, carriages can be 



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obtained at this place as cheaply and as readily 
as at the stations nearer the Falls. 

On the American side a street railway with a 
five cent tare, runs to the Falls. On the Canada 
side a champing walk along the river bank is 
open to those who may not wish a carriage. 



Admission Fees and ToUsi 

AMERICAN SIDE. 

To Goat Ishxud for the day $0 50 

" " " season 100 

" Cave of the Winds, with dress & guide 1 00 

" Pr >spect x'ark for the day 25 

" " " " season 75 

" Art Gallery, (Prospect Park,) 25 

" luclined Railway " " 25 

" Shadow of the Rock, with dress & guide 1 00 
" Ferrv to Canada aud Prospect Park. . 50 
" Electric L'ght. Prospect Park, extra 

on day or season tickets 15 

" Crossing upper Sasp. Bridge, each way 25 
•' Crossing Suspeusioa Bridge, extra for 

one-horse carriage 35 

•• Crossing Suspension Bridge, extra for 

two-horse carriage carriage 50 

'* Railway Suspension Bridge, over and 

return same dav 25 

" Whirlpool Rapids 50 

" Whirlpool 50 

" Devil's Hole, when open to visitors — 50 

CANADA SIDE. 

To Burning Springs, including Clark Hill 

Islands ^0 50 

" Falls Free 

" Lundy's Lane Battle Gro'd Observatory 50 

" I\[useuni 50 

" Crossing upper Susp. Bridge, each way 25 



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" " " *' extra for 

one horse carriage $0 35 

Crossing upper Susp. Bridge, extra for 

two horse cariiage 50 

Railway Suspension Bridge, over and 

return same day 25 

Railway Suspension Bridge, extra for 

one horse carriage 35 

Railway Suspension Bridge, extra for 

two hor> e carriage 50 

Stone Road toll . . ./. 10 

Whirlpool Rapids 50 

Whirlpool 50 

Brock's iVlouumeiit 25 



How to Avoid Being Humbugged 

1. Know the name of the station v/here you 
will leave the cars. 

2. Know how iar that station is from the 
Falls, and what time you have at your disposal 
for sio^ht-seeing". 

3- Decide hefore arriving at the Falls what 
places you wish to visit. Ascertain from this 
Guide how far they are from the Falls, and 
from each other, and what the admission fee is. 

4- Remember no point of interest at Niagara 
Falls is free, except the Falls themselves on 
the Canadian side. 

5. If you take a carriage, make your bargain 
with the driver before entering the carriage. 

6. If you wish to return, you must make that 
a part of your contract, otherwise you maybe 
required to pay extra for the return drive. —That 
is one of the tricks. 

7. If you need a hotel, select one where the 
rates correspond with your means and wants. 



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Hotels range from one to five do'lars per day. 

8. Remember that as the driver is in your 
service for the time being, he will expect you to 
pay all fees and tolls unless you specially bar- 
gain for him to pay ihem. 

9. It" any person should defraud you there is 
no place on the continent where you can get re- 
dress more surely or more readily, if you go di- 
rect to the authorities with your grievance. The 
Ontario Police Force, on the Canada side, and 
any Justice ( f 'he Pence on the American side 
will afford tlit stranger who applies to them 
ample protection. ' 



Rates of Fare Allowed by Law. 

FOK THE VSE AXD HIKK OF CABi I;iGKS MHKKK AN KXPKESS C N- 
TliACT IS NOT MA'DK THhliEFOR: 

O 

NIAGAEA FALLS, X. Y. 

CTj^^OR carrying one passnnger and ordin- 
^jr ary baggage from one place to another 
C!!£J) in the Village, fifty cents 

Each additional passenger and ordinary bag- 
gage, twenty-five cents. 

For carrying one passenger and ordinary bag- 
gage from any point in this Village to any point 
in the Village of Suspension Bridge, one dollar. 

Each additional and ordinary baggage, fifty 
cents. 

Each additional piece of baggage other than 
ordinary baggage, twelve cents. | 

Children underihree years of age, free. 

Over three years and under fourteen years of 
age, half price. 

Ordinary baggage is defined to be one trunk 



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and one bag, hat or bandbox, or other small 
parcel. 

For carrying one or more passengers, in the 
same carriage, from any point in this village to 
any point within five miles of the limits of the 
village, at the rate of one dollar and fifty cents 
for each hour occupied, except that in every in- 
stance where such carriage shall be drawn by a 
single horse, the fare therefor shall be at the 
rate of one dollar for each hour occupied. 



TARIFF OF HACKMEN's CHARGES IN THE TOWN OF NIAG 
ARA FALLS, ONT. 

From Railway Suspension Bridge or G T. 
R. Station to Clifton House, or Falls Ferry, 
Davis' Museum or Table Rock, or vice versa - 
two horses: one person, $i, and each additior- 
al person, 25 cents; one horse: one person, 75 
cents, and each additional person, 25 cents. 
From Falls Ferry to Davis' Museum, or Table 
Rock, or vice versa, two horses : one person, 50 
cents, and each additional person, 25 cents; one 
horse : one person, 37 cents; each additional 
person, i2i cents. From Clifton House to Da- 
vis' Museum, Table Rock, Falls Ferry, Niagara 
Falls C. S. R , or vice versa, two horses : one 
person, 25 cents, and each additional person 25 
cents; one horse, same price. From any place 
in the Town to any other place in the Town 
excepting as above specified for any distance 
not exceeding one mile, two horses, one person 
25 cents, and each additional person 12 cents; 
one horse: one person, 20 cents; each additional 
person, 10 cents ; and exceeding one mile, and 



not exceedin;_j one and one-half miles, two 
horses: one person, 37J cents, two persons 50 
cents, and each additional person, 20 cents; one 
horse : one person, 25 cents, and each addi- 
tional person, 12J cents ; exceeding one and one 
half miles, two horses : one person, 50 cents, 
and each additional person, 25 cents; one 
horse : one person, 37I- cents, two persons, 50 
cents, and each additional person, 20 cents. 

Tariff by the Hour*. For two-horse vehicles 
to be $1.50 an hour; for one-horse vehicles to be 
$1.00 an hour 

Tariff by thk Day : To be $S 00 each day of 
eight hours, for two horses ; and $>4 00 per day 
for one horse. 

Optional with passengers to pay the special 
rates b}^ the hour or by the day. 

Any person paying by the hour must pay for 
one full hour, and alter the first hour for no 
less time than one-quarter of an hour; and any 
person paying by the day must pay for one full 
day. 

Any person employing a vehicle by the hour 
and not returning with the vehicle to the place 
of starting, must allow necessary time for the 
vehicle to return. 

Children between 2 and 10 years of age to pay 
half fare. Under 2 years of age. free. 

Passengers to pay all tolls when hiring any 
vehicle according to the tariff; but if any driver 
or owner of any vehicle shall agree to convey 
any passenger or passengers a certain distance 
for a certain price at a lesser ra;e than that al- 
lowed by the tarriff, or from on<; part of the mu- 
nicipality to any other part, at a lesser rate than 
that allowed by the tariff, and in making such 



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agreement makes no mention of any toll gates 
on the route, or does not agree that such passen- 
ger or passengers shall pay all tolls, then the 
driver or owner of such vehicle shall himself 
pay all tolls. 



C.A-TJm02^T. 



OMETIMES visitors are drawn to a 
point of interest which they do not care 
to see and consequently refuse to leave 
the cariiage. Then it frequently occurs that 
they are told by those in attendance "that it 
makes no difference whether they get out of the 
hack or not, they are on private property and 
will have to pay the fee just the same as though 
they passed through to the point of interest." 

In such cases we would warn you not to be 
deceived, for there is no law in the land that 
can make you pay for a point of interest that 
you do not visit. There is no such private pro- 
perty belonging to any point of interest where 
this fraud is practiced. 

This, however, does not apply to the Burning 
Spring, as Clark Hill Islands, through which they 
pass to go to the Spring, belong to the point of 
interest for which the fee is charged. Parties 
are therefore subject to the fee when they go 
on the Islands whether they visit the Spring or 

not. 

o — 

N. B. — There is no person permitted to ad- 
vertise in this volume for whose reliability we 
cannot vouch. 



CHAS. E. BENDRICKSON, 



7 

CHEERY STREET, NEAR MAIN, 



Instantaneous Process Used Only. 



OUILiDREIV'S PORTRAIT^t A SPECIALTY. 

All Work Executed with Neatness and Dispatch. 

-«-€THE BRUNSWICK,5^<-^ 

Niagara Falls, Canada Side. 



Best View of the Falls, by Electric Light from 
the Balcojiy of this Hotel. 

r Finest I^ocation. Entirely Free from Spray, 



South Side N. Y. C. & H. R. R. R. Depot, 

Suspension Bridge, - - N. Y. 



GEO. STOJIjIj, Proprietor. 



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pWooa'^ f extern '0otel| 



W. p. HORNE, Proprietor. 



SVLspeaasion Brid.gr®, IsT. "2". 



NORTH SIDE N. T. 0. DEPOT. 



Thia is one of the principal hotels in this place. 
Tourists cannot do better than to stop at this house as 
it is convenient to the stations ancP 



Located in the Centre of all tlie 
Points of Interest^ 

about Niagara Falls. 
o 



^j3l c3-ooi> Tjj:'\r:E:Ei.Tr^ 

is connected with the house so that persons wishing a 
carriage can be accommodated. 



-Hj^S^ TERlIS MOPERATE. f^^H*- 



W. B. MCEWBN 



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IDE3^TariST. 



OFFICE OVER CITY DRUG STORE, 

Suspension Bridge, N. Y. 

The Light Running, Simple, Easy Threading, High Arm 




siwiM i&oimi! 

Its Success is imparalleled in the History of 
SEWING MACHINES. Beautiful ap- 
pearance ; highly finished. Every run- 
ning part is cast steely hardened. 

Be sure and SEE before purchasing. 

SSOLiD ON ItlOIVTIlIiV TERillS.! — 

Niagara Falls and Tonawanda. 



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QUEENSTON 






From these Quarries is obtaineJ the 

Ftnest and Most Durable 

The contiaeut of America produses. For p<3rmaueat 
works, exposed t) the weither, no stone in either Cana- 
da or the United States equals tbat from these famous 
quarries. 



I jFORj 

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Monnm^ats, Vases, Ornim^ntal Work | 

Of all descriptions it is equal t> granite. Tha new Post | 

Office building at Niagara Falls, Ont. and that at Corn- : 
wall, the architecture of which is pronounced the tinest 

in the Dominion, are made of this stone. The abut- i 

ments in the Cantilever Bridge over Niagara River at \ 
Niagara Falls are also from the^a quarries. 

The attentiofi of Contractors requested. 

Orders of all kiads promptly filled. I 

Address 

JOHNSON & MUBRAY, ;| 

ST. DAVIDS, Ont. 



cPP 2 9 1950 



-DEALER IN- 

Choice Family Groceries, Crockery, 

China, f^anips aud Cirla^iswarc . 

Also Wines, Liiquors and Cigars ! 

CONSTANTLY ON HAND. 

IXIi GOOI>S WARRAl^TED FRESH. 

EAST SIDE OF LEWISTON AVENUE, 

SvLspexision Brid.g'e, 3Sr-"5r- 

ONTARIO AVENUE, I 

SUSPENSION BRID&E, - N. Y„ | 

A. M . ROEIili, Proprietor, 

Sign Painter, Gilding, Kalsomining, Paper Hanging, &c. 

C. FINK & SON, 

wisLiiiii & mmtL iiQOiis, 

—DEALERS IN— 

Glassware, Crockery, Wines, Liquors 

AIV» CIOARS. 

Ixewiston Ave., Suspension Bridge, N. Y. 

IF YOU WAtVr your business to increaso a hundred fold 
advertise in the CANADIAN PHOTO JOURNAL, BAZAAR 
AND MSRCHANTS' BJilEAa. Tne publisher will not rest 
uutil he places a eopy in every home, store aud ofliae on the 
American continent. Miib<cribc to the Canadian Photo 
Journal,, Bazaar AND MGBCHANTS'BaBEAU, ^1,00 ppi- an- 
uuin. Full from back to bade of tasty things— not overcooked 
or stale. Bon-bous for the rich aud poor. You cannot invest 
a dollar better than in this spicy monthly. Particulars from 
J. B. L<A W!$Oi\, office— Erie Avenue, Niagara Falls, Ontario, 
I Canada, 



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